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BBC news with Nick Kelly.
President Bush says Israel and Palestinians have agreed to talks aimed at reaching a comprehensive peace deal by the end of next year. He said the talks would focus on the creation of an independent Palestinian state, but Mr. Bush said Israel must end the expansion of its West Bank settlements and Palestinian militants must end their violence. Mr. Bush was speaking at a gathering of Middle East leaders at Annapolis near Washington from where Richard Lister reports.
It's seven years since the collapse of the last major American peace initiative. President Bush told the conference delegates the time was now right to try again. Flanked by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, he outlined their joint declaration. It promises immediate and continuous talks between the two sides with the aim of reaching a deal next year. Mr. Olmert said painful compromises would be required to create a deal and Mr. Abbas warned that the opportunity may not come again. And within the past few minutes the U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has announced that the Israeli and Palestinian leaders will formally launch a new round of peace negotiations at the White House late today.
The Brazilian Leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said that wealthy nations must compensate poor countries for protecting their rainforests. He was speaking ahead of a climate change conference next month. From Sao Paulo Gary Duffy reports.
Brazil's President Lula made his plea to the world's wealthier countries just days ahead of the major UN conference on climate change, which will be held in Bali, Indonesia. He said rich countries needed to know that the price they would have to pay in order for the poorest countries to protect their forests would be a major issue at the conference. "You are not going to convince the poor anywhere in the world not to cut a tree without the right to work and food in exchange" the president said. Brazil itself is one of the world's largest carbon gas emitters, mainly due to deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest.
There is a heavy French police presence in the Paris suburb of Villiers-le-Bel to try to prevent a third consecutive night of rioting by gangs of youths. Hundreds of officers in riot gear are on patrol in the worst affected areas and a police helicopter is circling the area. From Paris here is Christian Fraser.
The anger is still smolders in the suburbs of Paris but for now at least the violence has been contained. There was a heavy police presence in the northern suburb of Villiers-le-Bel where the problems began on Sunday night. Over a thousand policemen in riot gear patrol the streets, some of them carrying automatic weapons. This week for the first time rioters took to the streets with firearms. Several officers were wounded with buckshot.
Venezuela has recalled its ambassador to Colombia for consultations following a high level dispute between the presidents of both countries. The dispute flared when the Colombian government told the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to stop his mediation and hostage talks between Colombia and the rebel group FARC.
World news form the BBC
United Nations Head of Peacekeeping Jean-Marie Gu henno has warned the Security Council that the Sudanese government is making demands which will make it impossible for joint UN and African Union peacekeepers to operate in Darfur. Khartoum has said that it says he wants to be able to shut down the peacekeepers' communications and is insisting on advance notice of troop movements. Mr. Gu henno is pessimistic about the chances of success.
"Do we move ahead with the deployment of our force that will not make a difference, that will not have the capability to defend itself and that carries the risk of humiliation of the Security Council in the United Nations, and tragic failure for the people of Darfur."
Opposition politicians in Britain have stepped up criticism of the government over the vexed issue of party funding. The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has admitted that his governing Labour Party accepted donations totaling more than a million dollars from a wealthy businessman who channeled the payments through several associates. Mr. Brown said the money had not been lawfully declared and he's promised to return it. The opposition Conservatives said they accused Labour of showing indifference to the law.
Hundreds of Iraqi refugees have left temporary shelter in Syria to return to their homes in Iraq. About 800 are travelling at a convoy of buses provided by the Iraqi government. The Iraqi ambassador to Syria told the BBC that security situation in Iraq had improved enough to allow refugees to begin returning home. Syria has become struggling to cope with the more than one and a half million Iraqis who've sought refuge there.
And an 83-year-old Texas oil man Oscar Wyatt has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for paying thousands of dollars in bribes to the government of the former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein under the United Nations Oil for Food Program. Mr. Wyatt pleaded guilty in October to conspiracy and he admitted to depositing $200,000 into an account in Jordan.
BBC news.
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BBC news with Nick Kelly.
President Bush says Israel and Palestinians have agreed to talks aimed at reaching a comprehensive peace deal by the end of next year. He said the talks would focus on the creation of an independent Palestinian state, but Mr. Bush said Israel must end the expansion of its West Bank settlements and Palestinian militants must end their violence. Mr. Bush was speaking at a gathering of Middle East leaders at Annapolis near Washington from where Richard Lister reports.
It's seven years since the collapse of the last major American peace initiative. President Bush told the conference delegates the time was now right to try again. Flanked by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, he outlined their joint declaration. It promises immediate and continuous talks between the two sides with the aim of reaching a deal next year. Mr. Olmert said painful compromises would be required to create a deal and Mr. Abbas warned that the opportunity may not come again. And within the past few minutes the U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has announced that the Israeli and Palestinian leaders will formally launch a new round of peace negotiations at the White House late today.
The Brazilian Leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said that wealthy nations must compensate poor countries for protecting their rainforests. He was speaking ahead of a climate change conference next month. From Sao Paulo Gary Duffy reports.
Brazil's President Lula made his plea to the world's wealthier countries just days ahead of the major UN conference on climate change, which will be held in Bali, Indonesia. He said rich countries needed to know that the price they would have to pay in order for the poorest countries to protect their forests would be a major issue at the conference. "You are not going to convince the poor anywhere in the world not to cut a tree without the right to work and food in exchange" the president said. Brazil itself is one of the world's largest carbon gas emitters, mainly due to deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest.
There is a heavy French police presence in the Paris suburb of Villiers-le-Bel to try to prevent a third consecutive night of rioting by gangs of youths. Hundreds of officers in riot gear are on patrol in the worst affected areas and a police helicopter is circling the area. From Paris here is Christian Fraser.
The anger is still smolders in the suburbs of Paris but for now at least the violence has been contained. There was a heavy police presence in the northern suburb of Villiers-le-Bel where the problems began on Sunday night. Over a thousand policemen in riot gear patrol the streets, some of them carrying automatic weapons. This week for the first time rioters took to the streets with firearms. Several officers were wounded with buckshot.
Venezuela has recalled its ambassador to Colombia for consultations following a high level dispute between the presidents of both countries. The dispute flared when the Colombian government told the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to stop his mediation and hostage talks between Colombia and the rebel group FARC.
World news form the BBC
United Nations Head of Peacekeeping Jean-Marie Gu henno has warned the Security Council that the Sudanese government is making demands which will make it impossible for joint UN and African Union peacekeepers to operate in Darfur. Khartoum has said that it says he wants to be able to shut down the peacekeepers' communications and is insisting on advance notice of troop movements. Mr. Gu henno is pessimistic about the chances of success.
"Do we move ahead with the deployment of our force that will not make a difference, that will not have the capability to defend itself and that carries the risk of humiliation of the Security Council in the United Nations, and tragic failure for the people of Darfur."
Opposition politicians in Britain have stepped up criticism of the government over the vexed issue of party funding. The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has admitted that his governing Labour Party accepted donations totaling more than a million dollars from a wealthy businessman who channeled the payments through several associates. Mr. Brown said the money had not been lawfully declared and he's promised to return it. The opposition Conservatives said they accused Labour of showing indifference to the law.
Hundreds of Iraqi refugees have left temporary shelter in Syria to return to their homes in Iraq. About 800 are travelling at a convoy of buses provided by the Iraqi government. The Iraqi ambassador to Syria told the BBC that security situation in Iraq had improved enough to allow refugees to begin returning home. Syria has become struggling to cope with the more than one and a half million Iraqis who've sought refuge there.
And an 83-year-old Texas oil man Oscar Wyatt has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for paying thousands of dollars in bribes to the government of the former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein under the United Nations Oil for Food Program. Mr. Wyatt pleaded guilty in October to conspiracy and he admitted to depositing $200,000 into an account in Jordan.
BBC news.
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